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sábado, 31 de marzo de 2018

Quartette Très Bien • Kilimanjaro

This is the first set of recordings but second release by St. Louis group QTB (see discog info below). Often compared to the Ramsey Lewis/Young-Holt Trio, Billy Larkin and the Delegates, Odell Brown & the Organ-izers, The Three Sounds, etc.
One of the earliest albums from the legendary Quartette Trés Bien -- the hip piano combo from the St Louis scene -- one who were almost to that city's jazz world what Ramsey Lewis was to Chicago! Unlike other piano groups of the time, which were trios, the Quartette featured an additional percussionist in their lineup of piano, bass, and drums -- and that added percussion really gives records like this a super-cool kick -- a romping sort of rhythm that's totally great! Pianist Jeter Thompson's also one heck of a great writer -- as you'll hear on the album's original "Kilimanjaro" -- and percussionist Percy James really makes other tunes groove, including versions of "You Came A Long Way From St Louis", "I Left My Heart In San Francisco", "Secretly", "My Favorite Things", and "My One And Only Love".